Issue Six
Contents
Sarah Churchwell
Dr Eckleburg’s Myopia
When I was growing up in Chicago, my mother kept a large print on the kitchen wall, showing a New Yorker’s View of the World from 9th Avenue, a map with skyscrapers and a large Hudson River in the … Read article
David Hermann
Croak
Seeing the love of your life for the first time since she left you is one thing. Seeing her perform naked at a live art event, defecating into a condom and then masturbating with it is another thing, … Read article
James Purdon
In the Audience
In Daumier’s Le Mélodrame, a heaving crowd watches the climax of the play. On stage, a woman swoons. The love triangle is resolved, a man lies dead. Meanwhile, outside, Hausmann’s plan is taking … Read article
Peter Scott
Table for one
In a tiny Tuscan hilltop town not far from Chiusi, there is a modest trattoria which I will call Lilla, perching on the downslope of one of the steep streets that draw the eye towards Siena. Some year… Read article
Marianne Morris
De Kooning, a Retrospective
seated man, clown, a stitch in your neck / saves time / teeth platter, palette seat, italics / creamy breast / light-hearted evil eye— / ‘a major at forty’ / ART BEGINS AT FORTY. / Only ego to t… Read article
Thomas Marks
On Lodging
Lodger. It sounds a sad thing. Still, whenever talk turns to houses and someone asks if I own, it seems best to own up. I am a lodger. Not a tenant or lease-holder or anything else, but a lodger, rent… Read article
Dan Stevens
Looking After #numbertwo
Nothing happens unless first a dream. (Carl Sandburg) In the bar of a Holiday Inn in Ipswich I find myself in conversation with the writer of a popular television drama, when the subject of Twitter c… Read article
Susanna Hislop
To My Unborn Child
I went to a party once – a long time ago, once upon a time – and it was fine, but fairly boring. (Parties had started to get more boring at around that time). There were lots of my friends there… Read article
Freddie Stevenson
Golf
I was drinking gin / at an airport bar in California, I think, / awaiting a flight / to Denver. / They were showing the golf / at St. Andrew’s. / It was / evening in Fife, / and the sun was lobbing … Read article
Ruth Fowler
Tango
The music of tango is the hoarse curse of the woman to her lover. It’s the insolent hand that creeps to the cusp of a man’s hipbone, retreats, silent and knowing. Tango is the woman's dance. Even … Read article
Editor’s Note
List of Contributors
Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Churchwell is an American-born academic, writer and critic. She is Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby. @sarahchurchwell
Ruth Fowler
Ruth Fowler is a British-born Los Angeles and London based author, screenwriter and journalist. She is the author of Girl Undressed. @fowlerruth
David Hermann
David Hermann is a writer and PhD student in Comparative Literature at UCL. He lives in London. @1Hermann
Susanna Hislop
Susanna Hislop is an actor, writer and theatre maker living in London. @SusannaHislop
Thomas Marks
Thomas Marks is a writer, editor, and recovering academic. @Tomwmarks
Marianne Morris
Marianne Morris lives in Oakland, California. Her first collection, The On All Said Things Moratorium, is published by Enitharmon Press in the UK. @mannemo
James Purdon
James Purdon is a founding editor of The Junket. He teaches Modern and Contemporary literature at the University of St Andr @jamespurdonPeter Scott
Peter Scott is a magazine publisher who lives in London. @PeteJRScott
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens is an actor and writer living in New York. He was one of the judges of the Man Booker prize 2012. @thatdanstevens
Freddie Stevenson
Freddie Stevenson was born in Scotland, educated in England and trained as an actor in London. He has recorded three albums of original songs and published a book of his lyrics. He performs regularly in New York City. @nightingalefred